You never know it could be a 50? With no numbers how can you tell,it certainly needs to be cleaned first, the beauty of the early motors is that given the correct gauge wire, available still I believe, you can rewind the armature reasonably easily, if the armature is currently scrap it’s at least worth a go, main thing is you have fun doing it. But I agree first it needs to be cleaned !
Your correct, it maybe a 50 but really has all indications of being a 38. At this is my wish. The rewinding an armature is a thing that is not in the works for me. possibly in another 10 years or so. I have way to many projects going on now, one is redoing my layout and adding standard gauge loop. this alone will be a real undertaking alone. Are you experienced in the rewinding of the armatures?
@@lionelmaxltd hi, yes I’ve had a go at a couple, first was an Ives armature, I just unwound the old wire, counted the number of turns and rewound by hand, the armature is still good, there is a lot written about calculations etc, but if you get the correct gauge wire and match the turns it works, I also rebuilt an Ives flat commutator using copper sheet, I figured if something is scrap anyway why not have a go? I enjoy your videos and good luck with the models. Tim
You never know it could be a 50? With no numbers how can you tell,it certainly needs to be cleaned first, the beauty of the early motors is that given the correct gauge wire, available still I believe, you can rewind the armature reasonably easily, if the armature is currently scrap it’s at least worth a go, main thing is you have fun doing it. But I agree first it needs to be cleaned !
Your correct, it maybe a 50 but really has all indications of being a 38. At this is my wish. The rewinding an armature is a thing that is not in the works for me. possibly in another 10 years or so. I have way to many projects going on now, one is redoing my layout and adding standard gauge loop. this alone will be a real undertaking alone.
Are you experienced in the rewinding of the armatures?
@@lionelmaxltd hi, yes I’ve had a go at a couple, first was an Ives armature, I just unwound the old wire, counted the number of turns and rewound by hand, the armature is still good, there is a lot written about calculations etc, but if you get the correct gauge wire and match the turns it works, I also rebuilt an Ives flat commutator using copper sheet, I figured if something is scrap anyway why not have a go? I enjoy your videos and good luck with the models. Tim
There are people out there that will rewind that motor for you.